<VV> Two seater prototypes.

Jay Maechtlen jaysplace at laserpubs.com
Sun Oct 21 02:16:25 EDT 2018


On 10/19/2018 10:56 AM, Smitty Smith via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Smitty says;  Guarding corporate styling secrets was not the only reason One-Off cars were crushed.  The studies were not built to any safety standards and could not be certified.  A lot of them had little or no suspension.  Body frames of square tubing were common and existed only to support the body.  Any crash was likely to be catastrophic.  So companies did not release the cars to the public for fear of being sued by the buyers.

heh - while some of us might build a car that way, nobody would expect 
it to meet OEM standards.
Way different from getting something 'built by GM'.

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Jay Maechtlen
SoCal
'61 2-dr modified w/fiberglass skin,
transverse 3.8 Buick V6 TH440T4 trans


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